Spanish Scientist Uses Bacteria to Repair 18th-Century Artworks — VOA Learning English
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Spanish scientist Pilar Bosch has found a way to use bacteria to repair 18th-century paintings.
Bosch, a microbiologist, tells Reuters she got the idea for the method while considering possibilities for a paper toward her doctoral degree. During this process, she discovered someone else’s paper that suggested bacteria can be used to restore artworks.
At around the same time, Bosch learned that her mother was struggling to find a good method for restoring 18th-century paintings. The paintings, by Spanish artist Antonio Palomino, sat in Santos Juanes – one of the oldest churches in the city of Valencia.
Bosch said her mother, Pilar Roig, noted how difficult the restoration process at the church…
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